Roadkill vs. ProntoWiki vs. PmWiki

General Features Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
Version
1.6
1.0.1
2.3.33
Last Release Date
27/04/2013
2024-05-20 (1 day ago)
2024-04-20 (1 month ago)
Last Update here
2013-04-25 (11 years ago)
2006-08-23 (17 years ago)
2024-05-21 (today)
Author
C.Small
Clay Alberty
Petko Yotov (Original author: Patrick R. Michaud)
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
MS-PL
BSD
GPL2+
Programming Language
C#
C#
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Small-mid sized teams, website wikis
All
System Requirements Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
Operating System
Windows Server, Ubuntu
Windows
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Root Access
Yes
No
No
Webserver
IIS, Apache
IIS 5+
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support. Can also be run with PHP's built-in webserver.
Other Requirements
mono and mod_mono on Ubuntu
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
none
Datastorage Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
Text Files
Patch
Unknown
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
PostgreSQL
Yes
Unknown
No
Oracle
Yes
Unknown
No
SQLite
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
No
Unknown
Plugin
Other
SQL Server, MongoDB
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
Compressed, XML and/or ephemeral files (modules). Can provide custom data backends.
Security/Anti-Spam Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Authentication Backends
Database, Active Directory, custom if needed
.NET Membership platform
Internal: per page, per group, per user, per user group. External: .htpasswd, LDAP, Active Directory. Plugins: Mailman, forums w/MySQL, oAuth, custom possible.
Host Blocking
No
No
Optional
Mail Encryption
No
No
Optional
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
No
No
Optional
CAPTCHA
Optional
No
Plugin
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Optional
Development/Support Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
Yes
Change Summary
No
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Plugin System
No
No
Yes
Special Features Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
No
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Optional
Interface Languages
3
Czech, English, Polish
1
English
38
Arabic, Bulgarian, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Macedonian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
Email notification
No
No
Optional
Comments
No
No
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Optional
Yes
Namespaces
No
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
None
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Unknown
Yes
Structured Data
No
Unknown
Yes
Links Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
CamelCase
No
Optional
Optional
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
Plugin
Image Links
Yes
Optional
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Yes
Page Redirects
No
Unknown
Yes
Syntax Features Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
HTML Tags
Some
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
Plugin
No
Plugin
Tables
simple
none
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Yes
Unknown
Optional
Markdown Support
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Textile Support
No
Unknown
No
BBCode Support
No
Unknown
Plugin
Emoticon Images
No
No
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
No
No
Optional
Footnotes
No
Optional
Plugin
Quoting
No
Optional
Plugin
Internal Comments
No
No
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
none
MarkupExpressions (core, many add-ons). PageLists with templates (core structured data scripting). WikiSh (plugin), Data forms (optional)
Content Includes
No
No
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
No
Plugin
Usability Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
Section Editing
No
No
Plugin
Page Templates
No
No
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Plugin
Toolbar
Yes
Yes
Optional
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Plugin
Access Keys
Yes
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
Yes
Statistics Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
Recent Changes
No
Unknown
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Optional
Orphaned Pages
No
No
Optional
Most/Least Popular
No
Optional
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
Plugin
Analysis
No
No
Plugin
Output Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
No
Optional
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Optional
Abbreviations
No
No
Plugin
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
No
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
No
Plugin
XML export
Yes
No
Plugin
PDF Export
No
No
Plugin
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Media and Files Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Optional
Media Revisions
No
No
Optional
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
Plugin
Media Search
No
Filenames only
Extras Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
Calendar
No
Unknown
Plugin
Image Galleries
No
Unknown
Plugin
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Forums
No
Unknown
Plugin
Blogs
No
Unknown
Plugin
Ticket System
No
Unknown
Plugin
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
No
Syntax Examples Roadkill ProntoWiki PmWiki
Internal Link
[[Pagename|linkname]]
[pagename]
[[page name]]
[[page name | link text]]
[[link text -> page name]]
[[#anchor]]
[[#anchor|link to anchor]]
[[page name #anchor]]
External Link
[[URL|linkname]]
{title|url}
http://....
[[http://... | link text]]
[[link text -> http://...]]
Headlines
== Large heading
!, !!, !!!
! Level 1
!! Level 2
!!! Level 3
Bold Format
** bold **
**bold**
'''bold'''
Italics Format
//italics//
''italics''
''italic''
Underline Format
_underline_
__under__
{+underlined+}
Monospace Format
{{

monospace

}}
@@monospace@@
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
{-strikethrough-}
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
'^superscript^'
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
'_subscript_'
Images
{{Image.jpg.|title}}
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
https://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg
Attach:foo.jpg"alt/title text" | Caption
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
%center% centered text
%right% right aligned
%lfloat% left floating text
%rfloat% right floating text
%rframe% right floating frame
%lframe% left floating frame
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
-> indented text
--> more indentation
-< hanging text
--< more indentation
Bulleted Lists
* Bullet List
** Sub item
+
++
+++
++++
* Item 1
** Item 1.1
* Item 2
alternatively, indented:
* item 1
* item 1.1
* item 2
Numbered Lists
# Numbered list
## Sub item
#
##
###
####
# Item 1
## Item 1.1
# Item 2
alternatively, indented:
# Item 1
# Item 1.1
# Item 2
Definition Lists
: term : definition
Horizontal Rule
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